..HOW COLD WAS THIS JANUARY? 

WHILE JANUARY 2010 WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE COLDER JANUARY/S ON RECORD…WARMER TEMPERATURES DURING MUCH OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH PREVENTED IT FROM BEING EVEN COLDER. 
EVERY DAY FROM JANUARY 2 THROUGH 14…TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL.
HOWEVER…ALMOST THE EXACT OPPOSITE OCCURRED THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH…AS MOST DAYS FROM JANUARY 15 THROUGH 31 WERE ABOVE NORMAL. 
FOR THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT…JANUARY 2010 SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE   OF 44.5 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 1988…WHEN THE   AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 43.2 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE 13TH COLDEST   JANUARY ON RECORD…WHICH DATES BACK TO 1938.
THE COLDEST JANUARY ON   RECORD OCCURRED IN 1940…WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 37.7   DEGREES. 
FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON…JANUARY 2010 SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF   46.1 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 1985…WHEN THE   AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.1 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE 14TH COLDEST   JANUARY ON RECORD…WHICH DATES BACK TO 1893.
THE COLDEST JANUARY ON   RECORD OCCURRED IN 1940…WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 40.0   DEGREES. 
ON JANUARY 4. 
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECAST FOR FEBRUARY AND ALSO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WINTER…CALLS FOR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.